website at cnn.com/gps. we've got new content and new viewers every week. thanks to all of you for being part of himy program this week. i'll see you next week. good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon. tonight's $300 million question, did democratic senator late holdout on the debate make a yes vote for exchange for millions of dollars in medicare for her state. we want to start with a developing story about the three-mile island nuclear plant. site of the most significant nuclear accident in history. we're learning of another radiation leak at the pennsylvania nuclear plant 150 workers sent home. around 20 reportedly treated for exposure. here's what we're being told right now. the operator of the plant is saying around 4:00 yesterday afternoon a radiation leak was detected inside a building that was already shut down for routine maintenance, refueling

and upgrades. plant officials downgrade the public threat but people that live in the area wonder why it took so long to notify them and regulatory agencies about this. a reporter from cnn affiliate whtm joins with us the community reaction. why did it take so long? >> reporter: i think many people are asking that question. we talked to residents today in that question. the residents themselves were not concerned about this incident. where we see concern is from emergency responders and other officials who want to know why this incident happened at 4:00 saturday and they're not hearing about it 9:00, 9:30, later that evening. >> we said they were downplaying saying that they don't believe that anyone was exposed to extremely high levels of radiation here but it is still being investigated. this is not like 1979. it's still being investigated. we're probably going to learn more information as this goes on. >> reporter: i think you're correct in that. the nrc was there today.

the nuclear regulatory commission conducting their own independent investigation about how tmi handled this incident. they did say there was no threat to the public. the nrc backed them up on that. they said through their investigation they have not seen any threat to the public but again 20 workers inside that building were exposed to radiation and they are saying it was low levels of radiation and that they have been decontaminated and they are still monitoring those workers to make sure that that is the case. as this investigation goes forward, tmi is still trying to find out what exactly caused this leak. that's the big question here. what exactly caused it. >> what caused it and why did it take so long. we appreciate it from our affiliate. thank you very much. officials are saying and nuclear regulatory agency because ensuing tests show no radiation has leaked outside of the containment building. they are still investigating. a check of employees show no

abnormally high exposure readings. >> there's been nothing that we've found that indicates that public health and safety was ever in jeopardy during this event. the people who are in containment are the ones that got exposure and as i indicated from what we looked at so far based on information we've seen to date, while there were some exposures there none of those exposures approached any regulatory limit. >> diane is also with the nuclear regulatory commission. she's been on the site since the leak came to light yesterday afternoon. in 1979 incident at three-mile island ended america's nuclear energy program so all eyes are on this area when something like this happens. you can understand why people may be concerned about this. >> i can understand the concern.

we determined that we needed to send a couple technical experts to independently review and confirm that the company's assessment. this is an unplanned exposure though it is well below regulatory limits and no impact from public health and safety but we felt we needed a better understanding of what happened and why it happened and also the actions that the company is taking to prevent recurrence. >> you said no impact. you were notified some five hours later or longer. how do you know there's no impact? do you know what the readings were at that time? we understand that it is cobalt 58. if people are exposed to it, what can happen to that? >> we were notified within several hours of the incident happening yesterday afternoon. it began when the containment radiation alarms sounded. the company has done a number of things since then. all of the workers were

evacuated -- >> what i'm asking you is should you have been notified earlier even if the company believes that they weren't in jeopardy and people weren't in jeopardy of being exposed to high levels of this stuff. >> we believe when the incident happened it was over very shortly. our technical experts were there and we agree with that assessment. >> what about first responders being concerned about exposure? what do you say to that? >> there was no contamination that was released outside of the containment building and looking at this radio activity involved, there was no impact on public health and safety. >> okay. diane, thank you very much for joining us. we'll check back with you a little bit later. we want to give you background on this as to why any sort of leak at three mile island gives

people a reason to pause. a cooling malfunction led to partial meltdown of the core. some radioactive gases were released but not enough to cause injuries to employees or those living nearby but america's nuclear industry would never be the same after this incident. that accident prompted sweeping changes in nuclear plant design, operation be and oversight and by the way, the reactor is still shut down and mouth balled to this day. we want to get to our other top story. senate health care reform vote. senate democrats needed every single one of the 60 votes they needed to keep health care reform alive and in the ways of congress there appears to have been horse trading to get democratic holdouts into the fouled there. senator mary landrieu was one of the holdout. we're learning that the senate bill contains language providing increased medicaid payments to her state. cnn's kate bolduan has been

looking into the $300 million controversy in question today and joins us with reaction. >> reporter: as you mentioned, the support of moderate democrats were absolutely critical to not only senate democratic leadership but even here at the white house getting this bill to move forward. and as i said, senator mary landrieu is one of those moderate democrats. her vote was waive ewavering. the vote came after medicaid assistance was added to the bill. landrieu comes from a state still suffering from devastation of hurricane katrina but she took to the senate floor last night to defend this money. listen here. >> it is the number one request of my governor who is a republican and it is unanimously supported by every member of our delegation, democrat and republican. i'm proud to have asked for it.

i'm proud to have fought for it. i will continue to. that is not the reason i am moving to debate. >> reporter: now, regardless of whether the state of louisiana needs this money, this was an opportunity to republicans, many republicans pounced on almost immediately calling it the louisiana purchase of the senate health care bill, don. >> what about democrats? we heard what republicans have to say about this. i'm sure fellow democrats -- are they criticizing or supporting her? >> reporter: many democrats say this is part of the job of legislature. it's your job to fight for needs and desires of your state and constituents. there are rank and file democrats that feel a little uneasy about this tradeoff. listen here. >> nobody likes these kinds of -- any kinds of deals. i think anything that's done needs to be in the best interest of those states and this country.

i suppose that helped a lot of people in louisiana that don't have insurance. and so i think we move forward. we do what we need to do within ethical bounds and we do what we need to do within practical bounds. >> reporter: you may consider that political tap dancing in washington but really the reality is that this is often how to works in congress. when you have political leverage as does senator landrieu, senator nelson and senator lincoln when it comes to this situation, you use it. >> thank you very much. you stated it perfectly. you use it. thank you. we appreciate it. past night's vote was a green light about debating this issue. before the final vote happens, it's going to be a long time. nothing is guaranteed here. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser in our washington bureau today or this evening. when will debate begin in earnest after the thanksgiving holiday for sure? >> not tomorrow because while most americans are working tomorrow, the senate is off. they are going to be back in

their home states meeting with their constituents. the debate begins a week from monday. november 30th. expect a couple weeks of debate. maybe harry reid would like to get a final vote before christmas. if that happens, the beginning of the year, next year, you'll have to take the senate bill and house bill that are very different and try to put them together. they're going to be very different. if you finally do that, then you'll have a full vote in the house and senate on the combined bill and maybe a bill on the president's desk before the state of the union in late january. >> maybe. besides the price of this thing, there are a couple other sticking points but the biggest thing is a public option. could that sink this bill? >> yeah. it could definitely sink this bill. right in the senate we saw three moderates, nelson you talked about, landrieu, and lincoln. all three said they will probably not vote for this bill when it comes to a final vote when it has that public option

there which we know is a government option, government insurance plan that will compete with private insurance. also on the left there, joe lieberman, the independent senator who caucuses with democrats, said if there's a public option a government plan in this bill he will vote against it. >> a quick question and i have to move on. what about taxes? taxes in the bill? >> taxes are a problem between the house and senate bills. this could sink it if we get that far because house plans taxes wealthy americans and cadillac high end health plans. there are a lot of things that could sink this bill between now and when we get there. >> thank you, sir. always good to see you. a controversial proposal. remember this incident. black friday last year. a man crushed to death by customers at a walmart when the doors were opened?

what's being done to keep this from happening again on black friday. we'll tell you. also, time for your reaction. here's how you get it to us right on your screen. tightness in my chest came back- i knew i had to see my doctor. he told me i had choices in controller medicines. we chose symbicort. symbicort starts to improve my lung function within 15 minutes. that's important to me because i know the two medicines in symbicort are beginning to treat my symptoms and helping me take control of my asthma. and that makes symbicort a good choice for me. symbicort will not replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. and should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol may increase the chance of asthma-related death. so, it is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on other asthma medicines. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. i know symbicort won't replace a rescue inhaler. within 15 minutes symbicort starts to improve my lung function and begins to treat my symptoms. that makes symbicort a good choice for me. you have choices.

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a van full of teenage cheerleaders flipped on the way home from a competition in florida this afternoon sending 13 girls and the driver to the hospital.

no one was seriously hurt but cheerleaders with medals around their necks and tears on their eyes stood stunned as traffic backed up. a chaperone trailing the van watched in horror. >> i saw the tire blow out first. i saw her trying to keep it in the lane and it went out of control and it flipped. >> what were you thinking? >> my girls. that's what i was thinking. i was praying that everybody was okay. >> wow. the team cheers for a football team in st. petersburg. they just finished second overall in a competition. we wish them well. students at the university of california santa cruz are waving the white flag after declaring war on the rising tuition. they have been protesting a 32% cost hike across university of california system. all ten campuses will see tuition rise about $10,000 a

year. that's not including room, board and those pricey textbooks. the board of regents say they blame california's budget hole but students say they can't shoulder that burden. we'll talk with some of the protesters coming up in the next hour right here on cnn. an escalating fight over higher learning in mississippi for students at the state's historically black colleges. governor haley barber laid out a plan for the merge. >> no merger. no closure. adequate funding now! >> mr. governor, will you sell the soul of a state for your personal power when it deals with an economic versus ethical debate? >> i know a lot of people will lose the tradition of their schools and most of our tradition is history between our

rivalries with other schools. >> under barber's plan no campuses would close but they would all merge into jackson state. the governor says restructuring could save the state $35 million. the biggest shopping day of the year is just around the corner. stores could be packed this friday the day after thanksgiving but with the crowds, comes danger as well. su susan candiotti reports on new safety procedures where a security guard was killed just last year. >> reporter: the mad dash for bargains can be funny but last thanksgiving weekend in new york it was horrific. a long island walmart security guard was trampled to death in a stampede on black friday. the biggest shopping day of the year. >> people screaming coming into the store passing out and falling out. it was a horrible sight. >> reporter: we were taken back to that walmart and when the doors opened at 5:00 a.m. an hour later than expected, the

crowds surged forward and glass shattered and a guard was caught in a human steam roller. >> you had at least seven to eight people on top of each other. they were stuck. they were compacted in there. >> he felt like he was swept up in a tidal wave trapped against a vending machine. >> i said i will not hit that ground. i couldn't even get my arms from my side. >> reporter: walmart avoided criminal prosecution by agreeing among other things to improve crowd control at all new york stores. the giant retailer says it is voluntarily instituting changes nationwide this week. walmart declined a cnn interview. instead the company provided a pretaped statement that said sports and entertainment crowd control experts gave them help. >> we're committed to looking for ways to make our stores even safer for our customers and our associates this holiday season. >> reporter: changes may include snaking lines outside and inside stores similar to airport

checkpoints and scattering sales items. some stores will remain open 24 hours starting thanksgiving day through the weekend so when black friday sales start at 5:00 a.m., shoppers can already be inside possibly avoiding chaos. for shoppers up before dawn for door buster deals at any retailer, this safety advice from police. >> if you see pushing and shoving, arguing for no valid reason, you know you have a potential problem right there. if that's the case, i go to the end of the line. let them go in. >> reporter: this man received a settlement from walmart and says he won't be burned again. >> if you reach to a store and see that behavior is being demonstrated, you need to leave fast. >> reporter: as part of the agreement with prosecutors, walmart paid nearly $2 million to a victims' fund and a community grant. walmart says in a statement

safety is always a top priority. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. kennedy family well known for their catholic faith but congressman patrick kennedy won't be taking communion any time soon and we'll tell you why that's happening. if you can't get rid of the evidence before the cops arrive what do you do? watch what this guy did.

patrick kennedy is barred from taking communion by the catholic bishop of providence because he supports abortion rights. a dilemma for the son of the late senator kennedy. for months now congressman kennedy has been criticizing bishops for opposing reform unless there are tighter restrictions on abortion. the bishop asked kennedy to stop taking commune back in 2007, a secret until the congressman opened up to the province journal just this weekend. the bishop has been quick to answer. releasing a statement that says on february 21st, 2007, i wrote to congressman kennedy stating in light of the church's clear teaching and your consistent actions, i believe it is inappropriate for you to be receiving holy communion and i now ask respectfully that you refrain from doing so. he continued by saying i am

disappointed that congressmen would make public my pastoral and confidential request of nearly three years ago that sought to provide for his spiritual well-being. we'll continue to follow that story for you. abortion, politics and a famous catholic family. let's bring in our seen area vatican analyst joining us from denver. good to see you. this letter was sent in 2007. why is congressman kennedy making it public now? >> well, i think that is the $64,000 question. in many ways we don't know because the congressman is declining further comment on the story. if you want to look at this through a political lens there are two good reasons for him unveiling this at this moment. it's all about the health care debate and it accomplishes two things. it's a remind they're bishops don't necessarily speak for every catholic in america in terms of their position on the health care reform process. the other is that it manages to

cast the bishops in a fairly negative light because of course we're a culture that prizes colon tolerance and anything that makes bishops look intolerant doesn't add up to good pr. >> if you're a catholic and you want to save someone's soul, wouldn't you want them to be near to the church and come in and take communion which is supposed to be of the body and blood of christ to get that person to change their hearts? >> that does obviously create a problem. look, i think the vast majority -- solid majority of bishops in the united states and of course they've been facing this issue for a long time. if came up in 2004 for example when the democratic nominee for president, senator john kerry was pro-choice roman catholic. solid majority of bishops said then and are saying now they would not take this step because they don't like the idea of turning communion into a

political weapon. of course the church doesn't have a stated policy on this question. this is something that every bishop has to resolve for himself. it's worth remembering that only a small number have taken the step that this bishop has taken. >> you were talking about john kerry. this isn't the first time that someone in the kennedy family was reprimanded. ted kennedy was denounced for supporting ro ining roe v. wade. it's happened before. >> what do you do with a catholic politician that takes public policy traditions. the reason this is coming up now has less to do with theology of the matter than politics. the politics are bishops have been successful in terms of their anti-abortion agenda. they did obviously play a key role in securing passage of the amendment in the house which

bars -- >> you're leading me to a good point. that's a very good point you bring out here. if you let me get in here. this is a very good point. rhode island is a very catholic state. what about political ramifications here if any for patrick kennedy? >> in the short-term there probably won't be. in the past when catholic politicians run against the bishops it hasn't done damage to the career. in the short-term the loser in this exchange probably is the bishop because it does sort of paint him into a corner that doesn't look like good pr from the church's point of view. >> all right. thank you so much. she's earn raves for her role as precious in a new movie. we'll introduce you to the woman playing her part.

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this is a case really that sent shock waves through the country. a little girl sexually assaulted and murdered. her own mother accused of selling her for sex. a funeral was held today for shaniya davis in fayetteville, north carolina. she was reported missing on november 10th from the trailer park home she shared with her mother. after days of searching police found her body dumped near a rural road. the suspect mario mcneill is charged with first-degree murder and rape. according to a search warrant he took shaniya to a hotel. the last place she was seen alive. a cnn special investigation. killings at the canal, the army tapes. it airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. it's an extraordinary story about the murders of four iraqi detainees by three decorated

army sergeants at a canal in baghdad. the documentary is already prompting responses from all over the world on cnn.com. special investigations unit abbie boudreau is here to tell us about that documentary. >> during our investigation we obtained 23 1/2 hours of army interrogation videotapes. tapes you'll only see on cnn. we also spoke exclusively with the wives of the three sergeants who insist their husbands are heros and not criminals and have been punished enough. with four iraqis murdered and three u.s. soldiers blamed including first sergeant john hadly, his wife, kim, felt she had to do something. she came up with a video and these handwritten cards.

in this field near her home in germany where her husband was based, she silently told her story. she very simply just wrote words on these cards to express what happened and how she was feeling and this one is interesting. to free these three american heros. these men were convicted of premeditated murder. you still call them heros. >> of course. they served their country and they have been through a lot and so have the family members. in life with any challenge you can't just look at one incident. that does not defy who these soldiers are. >> kim's husband was accused of coming up with the plan to kill the detainees. on this army interrogation tape,

the investigator tells hatley he knows what happened at the canal. the investigators informs hatley the secret is out and it's bound to get worse. sergeant hatley would ask for a lawyer leaving for clue why he pulled the trigger that day. for the first time you'll hear

what he has to say about the case and the army's own rules for taking prisoners in and why they did what they did and if rules lead to the murders. >> it examines the policy of taking prisoners. does that prompt them to look into making changes? >> we'll have to see. the documentary aired last night. it reairs tonight. what soldiers are talking to me about is we're trained to be soldiers. we're being asked to be police officers but we're not getting that training to be police officers and gather all of this kind of evidence in order to bring someone in and keep them detained. that's what we're looking into in this documentary. >> the reaction -- i saw some of it on cnn.com. of course we always get feedback on twitter and facebook and what have you. what have you been getting because you're the reporter doing the story? what are people saying? >> this has been an unbelievable story. we've heard from so many people from all over the world. so many military personnel who just say, listen, there's a reason that this happened. a lot of people are sympathetic. a lot of people feel as though

there is zero justification for what happened. of course there are other people who feel these men don't belong in prison. we hear different opinions from people all over the world. >> thank you so much. we'll watch. again, a programming note for you. killings at the canal, the army tapes. an "ac 360" special investigation that airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern with an encore at 11:00 p.m. eastern. let's go to northern ireland where officials call it a reckless attack on the fragile peace process. they're searching for two men that drove a car packed wi eed 400-pound bombs. the suspects fled the vehicle and the bomb only partially exploded right as the building was being evacuated. fortunately no one was hurt there. let's talk about the death toll now growing from a chinese mine explosion. 92 people are now reported dead and another 16 are still trapped

underground in the mine shaft there. this is the deadliest mining accident in china in two years. the blast is dealing with a blow to the chinese government's race to improve mine safety. last year china's central government closed 1,000 dangerous mindes. four pilgrims had a died from the swine flu. three of the victims were elderly. one was a teenager. some had pre-existing chronic health problems. all muslims have to make the pilgrimage to mecca once in their lives and many travel this year with face masks and arrive early. pulled over by police. worrying about what the cops might find. wait until you see what this guy did to destroy the evidence. honoring cnn's hero of the career.

we've been talking about this for a while. we're very excited about it on cnn. this weekend we had the distinct pleasure of honoring our top ten heros of 2009. it was a celebrity studded event at the kodak theater in hollywood and our brooke

anderson takes us there. >> reporter: it was a night of tears. >> god bless this country. >> reporter: and triumph. a night to honor every day people doing extraordinary things. >> it's the oscars of giving. >> reporter: ten finalists for cnn hero of the year were recognized for helping others around the world. among them a 20-year-old amputee getting limbs to everyone who needs them. >> cnn hero jordan thomas. >> it's been the greatest night of my life so thank you very much. >> reporter: a florida man who refused to stand by while his fellow vets suffered on the streets. >> there will be no man left behind as long as we are this nation. >> reporter: the heros night began on a star studded red carpet in hollywood and continued inside the kodak theater home of the oscars where

musical great played tribute in song. ♪ the smallest thing can make all the difference ♪ >> reporter: some of hollywood's biggest stars joined in. >> let's honor our hero. >> reporter: how cool is tonight in. >> really cool. really memorable. keep doing good things. >> reporter: 2.7 million votes were cast online to determine which of the honorees would be named cnn hero of the year. the honor went to efren penaflorida. he created a classroom on wheels in his native philippines to educate the country's forgotten children. >> each person has a hidden hero within. >> reporter: he received $125,000 to continue his work. the nine other honorees were awarded $25,000 each. no dollar value can be put on the inspiration they provide.

brooke anderson, cnn, hollywood. >> join us thanksgiving night for cnn heroes all-star tribute hosted by anderson cooper airing at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. we had a chance to meet with all of the heros. efren penaflorida does a great thing going around teaching kids. they're all heros of the year as far as i'm concerned. >> i love that show. it's so inspiring. that's what i'm doing on thanksgiving. everyone else is so huge and wonderful. it's very inspiring. >> we're celebrating their accomplishments and then we'll be eating watching them stuffing ourselves. speaking of thanksgiving what about the travel forecast next week? will we have problems? >> there are going to be some trouble areas. we've got some trouble areas today. a lot of people kind of try to spread out that thanksgiving holiday a little bit so we'll try to give you a good chunk of what you can expect in the upcoming days. we're starting out with the

pacific northwest because, man, you guys got slammed this weekend. we're starting to improve at this hour. you can see rain and snow beginning to diminish. we had incredible hurricane force winds early this morning and there you can see some of the strongest peak gusts we saw. mt. hebo, 93 miles an hour and cape foulweather at 78 miles an hour. thousands of people without power there. improvements have been made and there was some roof damage but no reports of injuries. our other weather story that we're following in the southeast is impacting your travel here. it's not a powerful system but it's bringing a lot of rain and a lot of low clouds. when you get low clouds you tend to get airport delays and we've been seeing that throughout the day today in atlanta. only 35 minutes is really not too shabby. tomorrow if you travel, what can you expect? that low in the southeast starts to make its way to the north. places like norfolk, washington, d.c., philadelphia, even into

new york city, you can have some delays because of the low clouds and some light rain. windy conditions potential delays here in the denver area and we'll see some rain move into minneapolis for your monday. we'll fast forward to the busiest travel day which is wednesday and that storm makes its way toward the midwest. we'll be watching cities like chicago because we think we'll see rain and then a mix with snow changing over to some snow and snow in minneapolis. we could see delays in detroit because of the rain as well. great weather across the southwest and eastern seaboard but wednesday night into thursday we'll watch our next pacific system slam on in so if you can travel wednesday instead of thursday you'll be doing a lot better here. don, i have an assignment for our viewers. this week if you are traveling i want to hear from you. >> let me see. okay. >> send me your twitter and facebook or send it to i-report. i want a picture of how the weather is impacting you with your holiday travel any time during this week send it to me

and then we'll put it on the air and hear from you over the weekend. the only other thing i require is what's the one thing you have to have on your thanksgiving table. what's yours, don? >> a turkey. listen, is there a test after this becausevy i have my glass on. >> are you going to go see mom? >> yeah. i was going to wait for visit when she comes for christmas but family and you have one mom so i'm going to go see her. >> every moment you get. >> hi, mom. i'm sure she's watching. hi to jacqui's mom, too. i'm sure she's watching and congratulations to efren penaflorida, our cnn hero of the year. one world cup hopeful went home and created a firestorm of anger. should the match have been replayed? our resident sports guy standing by for us. i have asthma.

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well, you've heard of missing evidence, but this really takes the cake. this is the end-all, be-all. ohio police stopped a driver shortly after a nearby bank was robbed. the suspect apparently wasn't taking chances here. you can see him on the police dash cam video eating a piece of paper all while getting handcuffed and searched. the bank robber told police he a stickup note and that might have been what he ate. they found a bag of cash in his car, but no note. okay. nascar wrapping up what some consider a rocky season today with the final race of the year in homestead, florida. rick, our man, when it comes to the business. the business of sports. watching something about homestead today. about that stadium on espn i was watching that, talking about how it got there after the storm and

to help the economy. anyway, rick, i digress. rick joins us from west palm beach, florida. rick, at least it's been a good year for driver jimi johnse joh >> it's new breaking news. the first time in history a driver won the championship four straight years. an incredible feat, and hendrik motor sports overship group that an entity, top three drivers finish one two and three. their value from a business perspective,s 3ds 50 million. kind of like a high level nba franchise. so you can, don, make money in nascar. these guys just did it. >> i like nascar. don't like watching it, but being there, the rumble of the cars. i remember -- you remember, rick when they started to change the names from all of those cup, winston from cigarettes and alcohol, went down to a couple nascar races and loved it, still

want to go back. very interesting. >> remember one quick thing. homestead outside of miami has got $150 million, $200 million economic impact at the time they really need it. that's a big deal t. is. nascar fans known for their passion, right? let's talk about european soccer fans. entirely different breed. a controversy in a big mess between ireland and france and about a replay. talk to me about that, rick. >> i don't know if you have the video of it, but -- >> yeah, right there. >> well, there's a hand ball, admitted it. that's illegal. he said, i'm sorry for the irish, but, hey, we're going, they're not. imagine if eric holder or the attorney general said we don't like something that happened here and want it replayed. we don't get into that here. in ireland, they're very passionate about their football. this is the qualifying event. so they can go to south africa for 2010 world cup nep ain't going to go. they're staying home. >> so, you know, earlier jacqui

jeras asked what do you have to have on your thanksgiving table i said a turkey and another thing, but probably a remote control for a lot of people and me as well. flipping channels. always a big time when it comes to football games. >> here's the passion tie-in for the nfl. there's been a 14% increase in viewers this year even though about a 2% decrease in attendance. frankly, the detroit lions aren't doing well. kudos, they did win this week and so they're, one of the games the cowboys, nfl network, about 15 nationally televised game this weekend. start your turkey early, eat it all week. get fatter. this is the regular season week, the nfl shines, and we're all going to shine along with it. get ready for some football. >> get ready for football. you didn't stay the right way. do it right. >> hank williams has a song, "are you ready."

we can sing it next week. are you ready for some football? that better? >> made to embarrass yourself. >> i don't embarrass myself. have a wonderful thanksgiving. see you next week. >> happy turkey. we joke around but enjoy having you and happy thanksgiving to you and your family, rick. stay sanchts you, too, my friend. talk to you next week. feedback. is that what we'll do, guys? update. let's go to it. tom the producer telling me, go for it. a lot of peek talking about three mile island. found the background. how do we deal with these scary story ars truths? always enjoy your program. don, you're the best. thank you. i am too young but live in westchester county. parents talk about it. think we could come up with a halt to nuclear. grew up in pennsylvania. scary times. peeps got educated quickly on the nuclear piece. i remember, lived in maryland at the tile. a lot of people talking about it. also talking about chernobyls